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THIS ISSUE’S CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE

Jonathan Rigby The Dæmons had a profound effect

Jackie Lane (1941-2021)

The latest official news from every corner of the Doctor Who universe

Evil Animation

BBC Studios’ new animated version of The Evil

The Year of Martha Jones

Martha Jones returns in a new box set

Mythical Vinyl

The Myth Makers, a missing four-part story from

Who for the Blind

ADoctor Who fan has launched a campaign to

Directing Doctor Who

The next DWM Special Edition will be Directing

Galaxy Forum

Your views on the world of Doctor Who

Time and Space VISUALISER

Each issue, the Time and Space Visualiser looks back at a landmark moment and provides updates on Doctor Who luminaries, past and present…

Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 24

Our verdict on the latest episodes and products

Audio Frequencies

From his groundbreaking Zoom comedy Staged, to his

Meglos

Tom Baker as the eponymous Meglos (1980). Audiobook

The Nightmare Realm

Audiobook Featuring The Twelfth Doctor and Nardole Written

Competitions

Your chance to bag the latest Who goodies!

The Ninth Doctor Adventures Respond to All Calls

We talk to the talents behind the upcoming Doctor Who releases

The War Master Killing Time

Top: Tom Webster’s cover art for The War

Bessie Come Home

Top: The cover art for Bessie Come Home

Upcoming Releases

AUDIOS AUGUST RELEASES The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Respond

SUFFICIENT DATA

Crunching the numbers and big ideas of Doctor Who

Doctor Who’s missing episodes

Where did they go? Are they ever coming back? Why do they matter so much?

Travel without the TARDIS

“So long as there’s plenty of sun and absolutely no deep-space squid...”

THE SCIENCE MUSEUM

RICHARD MOLESWORTH begins a history of the BBC’s earliest Doctor Who exhibitions with the story of the event in London that started it all…

HORROR SHOW

Top left: Presenter Peter Purves – flanked by

MIDDLESBROUGH TOWN HALL

BOB FISCHER meets the North-Eastern fans with fond memories of the 1973 BBC TV Special Effects Exhibition in Middlesbrough. According to one visitor, “It was like a strange dream…”

THE PRISMUS GLOB

Giles Shumm’s 2021 drawing of the Prismus Glob,

BLACKPOOL AND LONGLEAT

Given the success of the BBC Special Effects Exhibitions held in South Kensington and Middlesbrough, it was perhaps unsurprising that BBC Enterprises wanted to offer Doctor Who fans something on a more lavish scale. RICHARD MOLESWORTH describes the early years of the legendary exhibitions that followed

EXHIBITION MEMORIES

Top right: Exxilons from Death to the Daleks

SOUND EFFECTS

Below left: The gold Dalek at Blackpool in

EXHIBITION MEMORIES

Above: A tableau of figures from Underworld (1978)

The Elusive Dodo

JONATHAN RIGBY traces the relatively short acting career of JACKIE LANE, who got a raw deal when she was cast as Dorothea ‘Dodo’ Chaplet

Will the Real DODO CHAPLET Please Stand Up?

JONATHAN MORRIS  argues that it was Jackie Lane’s skilful performance – and not the Doctor Who scriptwriters – that made Dodo such a fondly remembered character

TUNNEL VISION

LISA GLEDHILL  explores the forthcoming Special Edition of 1968 adventure The Web of Fear

The Enchantress of Devil’s End

JONATHAN RIGBY pays tribute to the late DAMARIS HAYMAN – the ‘White Witch of Devil’s End’

Nightmare in Silver

Revealing the secrets of the Doctor’s adventures – scene by scene

THE NIGHTMARE FAIR

STEVE LYONS looks at the adventures we might have missed between television episodes

THE DWM POLL 2021 Results

What were readers’ favourite merchandise releases of 2020? And what were the most popular bits of Doctor Who Magazine? The results of our annual survey can now be revealed…